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Africa: A New Era of China-Africa Relations

WINDHOEK, Namibia, November 29, 2015 (New Era) -- The Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in South Africa from December 4 to 5. It has been 15 years since the founding of FOCAC in 2000 and nearly 10 years since the FOCAC Beijing Summit in 2006.

Sino-Africa Relations - a Peek Into the Future

By Phyllis Johnson

J’BURG, South Africa, November 27, 2015 (SARDC) -- Africa and China have agreed to strengthen co-operation in international affairs through mutual respect for the UN Charter, the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, the Constitutive Act of the African Union and other universally recognised norms governing international relations.

Chinese Technology in Africa

By Alfred Wong

PO, Paris, September 30, 2015 (Institut d’études politiques de Paris) -- Africa is currently experiencing a mobile revolution. Mobile phone subscriptions quintupled from 90 million in 2007 to 475 million in 2013, and is forecast to rise further to 930 million by 2019.[1] Chinese telecommunication companies, specifically Huawei and ZTE, play a significant role in this due to their rapid expansion in the continent. This made Huawei the largest telecoms equipment provider in Africa in 2012, and ZTE the fifth-largest.[2] This essay will explore the business and political causes of China’s telecommunications boom in Africa, as well as the economic, developmental and political consequences.

Africa Peace and Security Principles

By H.E. Ambassador Liu Xianfa*

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 30, 2014 (FOCAC) -- With the wave of developing countries’ group-rising, Africa, with the largest number of developing countries, has enjoyed improved peace and security, sparkling economic growth, enhanced living standard for its people and upgraded international status in recent years.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 11, 2014 (SAIIA) -- South Africa, a leading economy on the African continent, and China, the largest developing country in the world, have forged a unique partnership. Operating at bilateral, continental and multilateral levels, the governments are actively striving to realise the comprehensive strategic partnership envisaged in 2010.